…and eat it too!
Nutrition bars have begun to resemble your favorite desserts and pastries… with decadent flavors like Maple Glazed Donut, Birthday Cake, White Chocolate Truffle, and Peanut Butter Pie. Replacing a meal or snacking on one of these new delicious varieties is a great way to satisfy a sweet tooth while getting in your daily nutritional requirements too — especially during the Holiday season! Whether you’re trying to cut carbs or sugar, or fuel up for a workout, these eight bars pass the taste test with flying colors – and with grab and go convenience!
ZING BAR
Dark Chocolate Coconut, Oatmeal Chocolate Chip, and Lemon Cashew Crunch are just a few of the delicious Zing Bar flavors. Offering both plant-based and vegan options, 220 calorie Zing Bars pack 10 grams of high quality protein; 7 grams of prebiotic dietary fiber; and 22 grams slow burning low-glycemic carbs for long lasting energy. If you’re a Girl Scout Cookie fan, the Dark Chocolate Mint flavor tastes just like a Thin Mint!
QUEST BAR
Quest Bars come in such too good to be true flavors as Birthday Cake, Maple Waffle, Rocky Road, Cookies & Cream, and S’mores! With 20 grams of whey protein, 14 grams of fiber, 6 grams of net carbohydrates, 7 grams of fat, and about 200 calories each, Quest Bars are a carb cutter favorite. Check out their new Protein Cookies too, with flavors like Snickerdoodle that totally satisfy a cookie craving and with 15 grams of protein to match.
RXBAR
Now available in seasonal flavors like Pumpkin Spice and Gingerbread, no matter the flavor RXBARS contain just the short list of simple ingredients listed in large type under the logo. What’s not inside is added sugar, dairy, or gluten. With egg whites as the protein source for the 12 grams in each bar, almonds as the source of 9 grams of healthy Omega 3 rich fats, and dates as the sweetener, RXBARS also come in many other favorite flavors like Chocolate Sea Salt, Peanut Butter and Berries, and Chocolate Hazelnut.
KIND BAR
Boasting ingredients you can see and pronounce, Kind Bars come in such wholesome and delicious nut, fruit, chocolate, and caramel blends as Caramel Almond & Sea Salt, Dark Chocolate Cherry Cashew, and Apple Cinnamon & Pecan. Tasting like your favorite nut clusters, these nutritionally dense bars average about 200 calories each and are low in sugar – many less than 5 grams per bar.
OPTIMUM NUTRITION PROTEIN CAKE BITES
Have your cake — and protein too! Confection inspired Protein Cake Bites are available in tempting flavors like Red Velvet, Chocolate Frosted Donut, and Blueberry Cheesecake – each with a sweet, whipped center dipped in a delicious coating. Conveniently packaged in 3-piece servings, each bite contains about 70 calories, 7 grams of protein, 8 grams of carbohydrate, 1.5 grams of fat, and 4 grams of sugar.
GARDEN OF LIFE ORGANIC FIT PROTEIN BARS
Whether you want to shed a few pounds or just stay fit, the plant-based Garden of Life Organic Fit Protein Bars offer low glycemic carbohydrate and high-quality protein support to your daily nutrition. Made with Certified USDA Organic and Non-GMO Project Verified ingredients, Organic Fit Protein bars are available in indulgent new flavors like S’mores, Chocolate Almond Brownie, Chocolate Coconut Almond, and Chocolate Covered Cherry. Weighing in at 190 calories with 14 grams of protein, 24 grams of carbohydrate, 14 grams of fiber and 7 grams of fat, Organic Fit bars also contain 225mg of Organic Svetol® green coffee bean extract to help burn fat and boost metabolism.
CLIF BAR
Peanut Butter Banana with Dark Chocolate, Carrot Cake, Oatmeal Raisin Walnut, Clif Bars are packed with wholesome and organic ingredients for performance nutrition that tastes great too (it’s this editor’s marathon training fuel). Going on a hike, hitting the slopes, or competing in a triathlon, Clif Bar recipes are purposefully crafted to help provide the energy you need to go the distance. Bars average 250 calories, 44 grams of carbohydrate and 10 grams of protein. Try their peanut, hazelnut, and almond Nut Butter Filled Energy Bars too!
ONE BAR
Peanut Butter Pie, Cinnamon Roll, White Chocolate Truffle… these are just a few of the mouth-watering flavors from One. With 20 grams of whey protein, 9 grams of fiber, and only 1 gram of sugar delivered in deliciously decadent flavors, who needs candy bars! Each One bar has on average about 230 calories, with 24 grams of carbohydrate and 9 grams of fat.
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